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...could explode into violence and widespread radicalization of the people. You may have a civil war comparable to what happened in Nicaragua, where the moderates became irrelevant, participation in the electoral process became impossible, and the left exploited the situation ... I think the violation of the sanctity of the ballot would be sufficient justification for resort to arms...
...POSSIBLE BOYCOTT. We are not going to boycott the election, even if we know it is going to be dirty. The people want a chance to participate. Whether it's dirty or clean, they want a chance to defend their ballot...
...started with last November's election. Although the state went to George W. Bush in the presidential race, coloring it red on the electoral maps, it also chose its first Democratic Governor since 1984, broke the G.O.P.'s hold on the state legislature and backed a pair of progressive ballot initiatives banning toxic mining practices and legalizing medical marijuana...
Miller and other activists agree that seniors were crucial to getting a state-funded universal prekindergarten ballot measure passed in 2002 as well as a Children's Trust fund for Miami-Dade County, both of which raised the kind of pro-kid taxes that Florida retirees traditionally scorn. When the legislature last year crafted what many called an inadequate pre-K plan, thousands of elderly "condo commandos," like the Greater Aventura Citizens Association (GACA) in South Florida, deluged Tallahassee with phone calls and e-mails to help win changes like lower teacher-student ratios. At this spring's legislative session...
...conclave to choose a new pontiff has been scheduled to begin Monday, April 18. There will be one ballot that afternoon, which traditionally is a chance for Cardinals to vote for a sentimental choice as a special honor. The real race begins Tuesday morning, with the first two ballots. More to come in this diary, of course, on what's at stake in the campaign for succession...